MoE announces new CSSPS website to check SHS/TVET placement

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has announced a new Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) website students who sat for the 2024 BECE can use it to check their second-cycle school placement.

In a statement sighted by Pretertiary.com, the Education Ministry said alongside the official https://cssps.gov.gh, prospective BECE graduates can also visit https://cssps.org to access their second cycle school placement results.

The new CSSPS website was first introduced in 2021 but deleted after the Ministry introduced https://hm.cssps.gov.gh, a portal for Heads of SHS/TVI institutions to check and print the list of 2021 BECE students placed in their schools for admission.

The reintroduction of https://cssps.org means this year, two Computerised School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) websites will be available for students to check their public second-cycle school placement results.

How to check 2024 SHS/TVET placement at CSSPS.gov.gh

1. Visit the CSSPS websites cssps.gov.gh or cssps.org.

2. Enter your ten-digit index number, followed by “24” to indicate the year of completion (for example, 123456789024)

3. Click “Submit” and wait for the placement result to be displayed.

In a related development, the Ministry in Charge of Education (MoE) says the 2024 BECE graduates will not need school placement checker cards to check the second-cycle school they were placed in when the placement results are out.

In a press statement sighted by Pretertiary.com, the Education Ministry said the move is to make the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) platform free for checking the SHS/TVET placement results.

“Ahead of the release of the 2024/2025 Senior High School (SHS/TVET) placement results, the Ministry of Education is pleased to inform prospective first-year students, parents, and the general public that access to the Computerized School Selection and Placement System (CSSPS) platform will now be free for checking placement results

This new measure eliminates the need for candidates to purchase pin codes, making it easier and more accessible for students to check their placements,” the Ministry of Education said in the statement dated October 25, 2024.

This year, a total of 569,236 candidates, comprising 282,703 males and 286,533 females from nineteen thousand, five hundred and five (19,505) participating Junior High Schools (JHSs) sat for the the national school examination.

This includes fifty-nine (59) candidates with visual impairment, two hundred and sixty-three (263) with hearing impairment and one hundred and sixty-one (161) candidates with other test accommodation needs.

The examination was conducted at Two thousand, one hundred and twenty-three (2,123) centres across the country. Out of the total number, three thousand, eight hundred and forty-five (3,845) candidates were absent

The BECE for Private Candidates recorded a total entry figure of one thousand, three hundred and ninety (1,390) candidates. This was made up of seven hundred and fifty (750) males and six hundred and forty (640) females

Fifteen (15) centres, mostly in the regional capitals, were used for the BECE for Private Candidates. Out of the total number of candidates who entered for the examination, fifty-seven (57) were absent.